Edamam

aid: edamam-recipes
name: Edamam
description: >-
  Edamam is a food and nutrition data platform powering recipe search, NLP-based nutrition analysis, food database
  lookup (keyword / brand / UPC / AI Vision), and personalized meal planning. The flagship Recipe Search API v2 covers a
  2M+ recipe index with 30+ filters across diet, health, cuisine, meal, dish, nutrients, time, glycemic index, and CO2
  emissions class.
url: https://www.edamam.com/
humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/
baseURL: https://api.edamam.com
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-30'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Food & Drink
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
  - Food And Drink
  - Recipes
  - Nutrition
  - Diet
  - Allergens
  - Meal Planning
  - Sustainability
  - Carbon Footprint
  - Public APIs
apis:
  - name: Edamam Recipe Search API
    description: >-
      Search and look up recipes from a 2M+ recipe index with 30+ filters (q, diet, health, cuisineType, mealType,
      dishType, calories, time, excluded, nutrients, glycemicIndex, random) plus per-recipe nutrient breakdowns and CO2
      emissions class (A+ through G).
    humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-recipe-api
    baseURL: https://api.edamam.com/api/recipes/v2
    tags:
      - Recipes
      - Food And Drink
      - Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-recipe-api
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-recipe-api
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/edamam-recipe-search-v2-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/edamam-recipe-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/edamam-recipe-search-response-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/edamam-nutrient-info-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/edamam-recipe-structure.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/recipe-search-search-recipe-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/recipe-search-lookup-recipe-by-id-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/recipe-search-lookup-recipes-by-uri-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/recipe-search-shopping-list-example.json
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/api/faq
      - type: RateLimits
        url: rate-limits/edamam-recipes-rate-limits.yml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-recipe-api
  - name: Edamam Nutrition Analysis API
    description: >-
      Natural-language nutrition analysis. Submit free-text ingredient lines or full recipes and receive computed
      energy, macronutrients, diet/health labels, and recipe classification (cuisine / meal / dish type).
    humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-nutrition-api
    baseURL: https://api.edamam.com/api/nutrition-details
    tags:
      - Nutrition
      - Food And Drink
      - NLP
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-nutrition-api
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/edamam-nutrition-analysis-v1-openapi.yml
      - type: Example
        url: examples/nutrition-analysis-full-recipe-analysis-example.json
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/api/faq
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-nutrition-api
  - name: Edamam Food Database API
    description: >-
      Look up nutrition data for foods by keyword, brand, UPC/EAN barcode, AI Vision photo analysis, or autocomplete.
      Returns per-100g nutrient values, allergen / health labels, and category classification (generic foods, packaged
      foods, generic meals, fast foods).
    humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/food-database-api-docs
    baseURL: https://api.edamam.com/api/food-database/v2
    tags:
      - Food And Drink
      - Nutrition
      - UPC
      - AI Vision
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/food-database-api-docs
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/edamam-food-database-v2-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/edamam-food-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/edamam-food-structure.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/food-database-food-search-example.json
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/api/faq
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/food-database-api
  - name: Edamam Meal Planner API
    description: >-
      Generate personalized meal plans (up to 14 days) with daily structure of sections and slots, fit to nutritional
      ranges and diet/health constraints. Includes DRI calculation, recipe lookup, shopping list aggregation, and
      (Enterprise) Instacart integration.
    humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/meal-planner-api
    baseURL: https://api.edamam.com/api/meal-planner/v1
    tags:
      - Meal Planning
      - Food And Drink
      - Nutrition
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/meal-planner-api
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/edamam-meal-planner-v1-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/edamam-meal-plan-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/edamam-meal-plan-structure.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/meal-planner-create-plan-example.json
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/api/faq
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://developer.edamam.com/meal-planner-api
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.edamam.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/admin/applications/new
  - type: Login
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/admin
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/api/faq
  - type: Support
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/support
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.edamam.com/page/api-terms-and-conditions
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.edamam.com/page/privacy-policy
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/edamam-recipes-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/edamam-recipes-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/edamam-recipes-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/edamam-recipes-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/edamam-recipes-context.jsonld
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/edamam-llc
  - type: PublicAPIsListing
    url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: 2M+ Recipe Index
        description: >-
          Search across 2 million recipes from third-party sources plus 20,000+ Edamam-owned recipes with cooking
          instructions.
      - name: 30+ Filters
        description: >-
          Filter by diet, health/allergen labels, cuisine, meal type, dish type, calorie range, total time, nutrients,
          glycemic index, and excluded ingredients.
      - name: 28+ Nutrients
        description: >-
          Per-recipe and per-food breakdowns including macros, vitamins (A, B-12, C, D, E, K), minerals (Ca, Fe, K, Mg,
          P, Zn), fiber, sodium, sugars.
      - name: Carbon Footprint (CO2e)
        description: Recipes carry a CO2 emissions class (A+ through G) when beta=true is set.
      - name: AI Vision Food Recognition
        description: >-
          Submit a public image URL or base64 data URI to the Food Database API and receive detected food + nutrition
          estimates.
      - name: NLP Recipe Analysis
        description: >-
          Submit raw recipe text (title + ingredient lines) to the Nutrition Analysis API and receive structured
          nutrient and label output.
      - name: Active User Tracking
        description: >-
          Use the Edamam-Account-User header to bind per-user budgets and caching rights (required on Enterprise and
          Meal Planner plans).
      - name: Shopping List Aggregation
        description: >-
          Aggregate ingredient quantities across one or more recipes into a consolidated shopping list, with optional
          Instacart integration on Enterprise tiers.
      - name: HTTP Compression
        description: gzip supported via Accept-Encoding header.
      - name: HATEOAS Pagination
        description: _links.next on paged responses; _links.self on individual hits.
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Recipe Discovery Apps
        description: Build consumer recipe search and discovery apps with rich filtering.
      - name: Nutrition Tracking
        description: Power food logging and nutrition tracking with NLP-based ingredient analysis.
      - name: Personalized Meal Planning
        description: Generate diet- and health-aware meal plans for fitness, wellness, and clinical nutrition apps.
      - name: Grocery and Shopping
        description: Aggregate ingredients into shopping lists with optional Instacart fulfillment.
      - name: Chatbots and Voice
        description: Edamam Platform Assistant chatbot and MCP server expose food/recipe tools to conversational agents.
      - name: Sustainability Apps
        description: Surface CO2e emissions class to promote lower-impact food choices.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: Instacart
        description: Meal Planner Enterprise tiers integrate with Instacart for grocery fulfillment.
      - name: Edamam Platform Assistant
        description: Built-in chatbot UI for recipe / nutrition Q&A.
      - name: Edamam Content Management
        description: Recipe Management API integrates with the Recipe Search surface.
      - name: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
        description: >-
          Official Edamam Food MCP server at https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food exposes get_food_nutrition and
          analyze_food_image tools to LLM agents (Claude Code, etc.).
  - type: Solutions
    data:
      - name: Recipe Search Enterprise Basic
        description: $9/mo, 10,000 calls/mo, 10 calls/min, third-party web recipes, 10-day trial.
      - name: Recipe Search Enterprise Core
        description: $99/mo, 500,000 calls/mo, 100 calls/min.
      - name: Recipe Search Enterprise Plus
        description: $399/mo, 1,000,000 calls/mo, 300 calls/min, Edamam-owned recipes with cooking instructions, CO2e data.
      - name: Recipe Search Enterprise Unlimited
        description: Custom — contact sales for unlimited usage and custom content.
      - name: Food Database Basic Vision
        description: $14/mo, 100,000 calls + 500 Vision requests, includes MCP server access.
      - name: Food Database Core
        description: $69/mo, 750,000 calls, pay-as-you-go Vision.
      - name: Food Database Plus
        description: $299/mo, 5,000,000 calls, 10,000 Vision requests.
      - name: Meal Planner Developer
        description: Free, 10 MAU, 20 meal-plan calls/day, 300 recipe calls/min, non-commercial.
      - name: Meal Planner Enterprise Core
        description: $300/mo, 1,000 MAU, 30 meal-plan calls/day, 5,000 recipe calls/min, Instacart integration.
  - type: Tools
    data:
      - name: Edamam Food MCP
        description: >-
          Official Edamam MCP server (Model Context Protocol) at https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food exposing
          get_food_nutrition (keyword, quantity, UPC/EAN) and analyze_food_image (Vision) tools. Install in Claude Code
          with: `claude mcp add --transport http edamam-food https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food --header "Authorization:
          Bearer <app_id>:<app_key>"`. Source: https://github.com/edamam-llc/mcp-edamam-food
      - name: edamam-api-demo
        description: Java demo for the Nutrition Analysis API (https://github.com/edamam-llc/edamam-api-demo).
      - name: Recipe Search Demo
        description: Interactive Recipe Search demo at https://developer.edamam.com/recipe-demo.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com